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Becoming Pals with Hideki Kamiya and Other Stories (with Andy Robinson)

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Shared from search: Wave Race: Blue Storm

00:24:21 - 00:24:48

ports were so sloppy, they'd have like Mario 64, for example, would run like 10% slower. I was all all importing then, like I'm out of the the rubbish power ports imported a GameCube from Japan. When it came out, that was amazing. What a launch lineup, right? Wave Race, Blue Storm, Super Monkey Ball, which once you play Super Monkey Ball, you knew you then needed to go and get extra controllers, because those those those, you know, Monkey Target, etc. It was so amazing. ...

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... in it by a judge her for having a a UK GameCube, actually, because I'd long since abandoned the power consoles, then this is something that anyone under 40 really struggled to grasp. But I see in those days, we got everything a year later. And because of the power format, they did this, the ports were so sloppy, they'd have like Mario 64, for example, would run like 10% slower. I was all all importing then, like I'm out of the the rubbish power ports imported a GameCube from Japan. When it came out, that was amazing. What a launch lineup, right? Wave Race, Blue Storm, Super Monkey Ball, which once you play Super Monkey Ball, you knew you then needed to go and get extra controllers, because those those those, you know, Monkey Target, etc. It was so amazing. I think I played like, what did Kezel say she played in Japanese? Was it Animal Crossing? I think it was Animal Crossing. I don't think it was Animal Crossing. Because I remember thinking I played Animal Crossing. Maybe it wasn't. Yeah, I remember I played Animal Crossing in Japanese. I played Wind Waker ...

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